Wood Badge Training: A Leadership Experience Like No Other (Weekend 1)

Ready to take your Scouting leadership to the next level? Wood Badge is Scouting America’s premier adult leadership training program, designed to strengthen your leadership skills, build teamwork, and help you deliver an exceptional Scouting experience to the youth you serve.

Open to registered adult volunteers across all Scouting programs, Wood Badge combines engaging instruction, hands-on activities, team-building challenges, and practical leadership lessons. Participants learn proven leadership techniques, effective communication, problem-solving, and strategies for building stronger, more effective teams.

Wood Badge is more than a training course—it’s an opportunity to connect with fellow Scouters, develop lasting friendships, and gain tools you can immediately apply within your unit, district, or council. The experience challenges participants to grow as leaders while discovering new ways to inspire others and make a lasting difference in the lives of young people.

Whether you’re a new volunteer or an experienced Scouter, Wood Badge offers valuable lessons that extend far beyond Scouting.

Invest in yourself. Strengthen your leadership. Make a lasting impact.

Take the next step in your leadership journey and discover how Wood Badge can help you become a better leader in Scouting and in life.